> Ofcom has today published a non-confidential version of the Confirmation Decision issued to 4chan Community Support LLC (‘4chan’) on 13 October 2025 in relation to its failure to comply with two information notices under section 102(8)(a) of the Online Safety Act 2023 (‘the Act’). We are also publishing the first and second information requests referred to in this decision.
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@neil
I don't know if my post-con brain understood this right, but the fact that both parties appear to claim that the other's respective jurisdiction doesn't apply is tickling me.
@neil Seeing the "large amount of UK users" explained is quite fascinating, I feel it's very arbitrary even within their own reasoning.
> We consider that the concept of “significant number of UK users” should be understood as meaning that the number of UK users on the service is material in the nature and context of the service in question, rather than the number of UK users of the service necessarily being a large or substantial number.
> ...and that 7% of its user base is UK users. We consider that a UK user base in the hundreds of thousands is, of itself, a significant number within the meaning of section 4(5)(a) of the Act.
I feel it's almost contradictory? Saying large number of UK users doesn't mean significant, yet immediately stating it *is* significant?
@neil Their target audience justification feels equally as flimsy, showing only a screenshot that shows "7% of users are from the UK"
> In this case, we find that 4chan.org includes UK users as one of its target markets as the ‘advertising’ section of 4chan.org markets the platform to advertisers on the basis that 7% of its demographic are from the UK, the second largest percentage behind the US.
@neil What are the odds Ofcom ever sees that £20k? 😛
@neil I imagine 4Chan's response will be something along the lines of "Fuck off" and they won't pay a penny.
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